Saturday, November 30, 2024 2:42AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are investigating a double stabbing inside the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. It happened around 7:24 p.m. on Friday. Police say a 30-year-old man was stabbed three times in the back and a 31-year-old man was stabbed once in the head. Both men were taken to an […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A 20-year-old who admitted involvement in four murders and escaped a Philadelphia prison last year has been sentenced to 55 to 110 years behind bars. Ameen Hurst, 20, entered guilty pleas to four counts of third-degree murder earlier this month. Prosecutors say his spree of violence began when he was 16. Authorities […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah State Correctional Facility has appointed its second female prison warden in state history as Sharon D’Amico takes over the Utah State Correctional Facility for the outgoing Bart Mortensen. Mortensen, who was appointed Warden of the Utah State Correctional Facility in November 2023, will work alongside D’Amico in her […]
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Lawmakers from around Illinois recently met with staff from the Pontiac Correctional Center to discuss unsafe work conditions. WCIA reported that prison workers from Central Illinois demonstrated on Oct. 17 and demanded that the Department of Corrections puts measures in place to prevent illegal substances, enforce consequences of abusing substances and […]